Author Archives: George Leopold

George Leopold

George Leopold has written about science and technology for more than 30 years, focusing on electronics and aerospace technology. He previously served as executive editor of Electronic Engineering Times. Leopold is the author of "Calculated Risk: The Supersonic Life and Times of Gus Grissom" (Purdue University Press, 2016).

Quantum Startup Targets the Stack

November 21st, 2018 Comments Off

Add the Israeli startup Quantum Machines to the list of innovators pursuing the building blocks of the elusive computing architecture. The web site Techcrunch.com reported Wednesday (Nov. 21) that Tel Aviv-based Quantum Machines has raised $5.5 million in seed funding. ...

Intel Labs Looks to Scale its Neuromorphic Test Chip

November 20th, 2018 Comments Off

Among the post-Moore’s Law chip architectures entering the test phase are neuromorphic chip designs that go beyond today’s CPUs and programmable logic chips to achieve near-term goals such as real-time learning and adaptive control. Intel Labs’ entry into the ...

Container Security Concerns Persist

November 19th, 2018 Comments Off

Applications containers and other microservices are handling production workloads at an increasing rate, but several studies emphasize that container security lags. The latest concludes that risks around runtime attacks and misconfigurations highlight the reality that container security strategies remain ...

Oracle Acquires SD-WAN Specialist Talari

November 16th, 2018 Comments Off

Oracle has moved to add bandwidth and security to its cloud portfolio with the acquisition of Talari Networks, a software-defined networking specialist. Terms of the acquisition announced on Thursday (Nov. 15) were not disclosed. Oracle expects the deal to ...

Salesforce Invests in Docker, which Partners with MuleSoft

November 15th, 2018 Comments Off

In a bid to link legacy but critical applications with agile microservices, cloud software giant Salesforce is taking a stake in application container pioneer Docker, which will collaborate with recently acquired MuleSoft to run microservices on existing infrastructure. Salesforce ...

Container Adoption Spurs Cloud Usage Across Asia

November 14th, 2018 Comments Off

Cloud usage is surging in Asia, led by the adoption of cloud-native technologies such as Kubernetes across the region but particularly in the booming Chinese technology sector, a new survey finds. The poll released this week by the Cloud ...

At SC18: Nvidia’s Chief Delivers His Vision of HPC Future

November 14th, 2018 Comments Off

For nearly two hours at SC18, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang presented his expansive view of the future of HPC (and computing in general) as only he can do: Animated. Backstopped by a stream of data charts, product photos, and ...

Private Equity Firms Buys Cloud Vendor Apptio

November 12th, 2018 Comments Off

Hybrid IT specialist Apptio, which went public in 2016, is being taken private by Vista Equity Partners, a private equity firm that has been snapping up enterprise IT vendors. Apptio (NASDAQ: APTI) recently reported stronger-than-expected quarterly revenues. In October, ...

Docker Rolls Windows Server Migration Tool

November 9th, 2018 Comments Off

Microsoft announced last summer it is ending support for Windows Server 2008 in January 2019, with support for Windows SQL server expiring six months later. That has prompted the release of several options for migrating Windows virtual machines and ...

Chip Makers Look Beyond Accelerators to ‘Balanced’ Systems

November 8th, 2018 Comments Off

The Cambrian explosion of about 500 million years ago is a popular metaphor for the tail end of Moore’s Law scaling and the emergence of a variety of processing accelerators used primarily to digest data torrents at the network ...